"I didn't make up this story. I didn't make up this story," Wilson said.

In April, Mirlande Wilson claimed she held a winning lottery ticket and was ready to get her share of a $656 million jackpot. But when asked to show the winning numbers she said she hid the ticket and couldn't find it.

"I misplaced it," Wilson said.

Now more than a dozen of her co-workers, who apparently do not believe it, are suing her.

The Baltimore Sun first reported on the lawsuit which was filed Sept. 19.

The suit claims the 14 McDonald's employees had joined a lottery pool and Wilson purchased their winning ticket, but refused to share the proceeds.

"This is a beast that's fully formed. It's made out of greed and avarice and 'get-back' and 'I wish I had it and I don't,' and she ain't even got it," attorney Edward Smith Jr. said.

The suit also claims Wilson and Smith worked together on a plan to pay three other people $1 million each to come forward and say they were the winners. According to the suit, the scheme included Smith collecting a $2 million payment.

"I'm not a member of any conspiracy and I don't have $2 million. I wish I had $2 million, but I do not," Smith said.

The ticket was purchased at a 7-Eleven store in Milford Mill. Lottery officials verified that the winners were educators who wanted their identities to remain hidden.

They are known as the Three Amigos. The prize was more than $218 million.

In a statement to WBAL-TV 11 News the lottery said, "As always, the Maryland Lottery follows a strict claiming process which requires all of our winners to provide proper identification and of course, the winning ticket."

"It's the craziest thing I've ever seen," Smith said.

Smith said his involvement had nothing to do with whether Wilson held a winning ticket. He said his job was to protect her and her family because she was getting a lot of attention. He calls the lawsuit allegations false.

"Not for $2 million, not for one penny, not for $20 million. There are more important things in life to me than trying to fool around making illicit money, doing stupid and illicit things," Smith said.

Wilson was unavailable for a response. The attorney who filed the lawsuit, John Yannone, did not return calls for comment.